Mitsubishi Tanabe, Cytochroma end agreement

Updated on 6 June 2012

Upon termination of the agreement, Mitsubishi Tanabe will return the rights of MT-2832 to Cytochroma

Mitsubishi Tanabe and Cytochroma end agreement

Mitsubishi Tanabe will return the rights of MT-2832 to Cytochroma

Singapore: Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Canada-based Cytochroma have terminated a license agreement executed in 2008.

The two companies have mutually agreed to the termination of a license agreement that granted Mitsubishi Tanabe an exclusive agreement to develop MT-2832 (lunacalcipol), a novel vitamin D compound, as a treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients.

Under the agreement, Mitsubishi Tanabe had license to MT-2832 in the US and Asia, including Japan. Upon termination of the agreement, Mitsubishi Tanabe will return the rights of MT-2832 to Cytochroma.

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